Friday, June 21, 2013

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A mash-up between grassroots efforts and large, national environmental groups, Fearless Summer is a coordinated effort of more than 50 organizations and unaffiliated individuals that takes aim “against all forms of dirty energy.” [Note that the twitter hashtag is #fearlesssummer]

An influential federal judge splashed fuel last week on an already-raging argument over states' clean energy mandates in a ruling that questioned the constitutionality of Michigan's renewable portfolio standard.

the official international line in the sand became two degrees, which could completely melt the Greenland ice sheet and eventually raise sea levels by seven metres, not to mention inflict Middle East-style temperatures on Europe, where the current summer range in temperature was enough to cause 30,000 heatstroke deaths in 2003.